High-potential development policies: An empirical study among Belgian companies

Journal of Management Development

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 546-558

  Vloeberghs, Daniël ^a   Pepermans, Roland ^b   Thielemans, Kathleen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Belgium; Human resource strategies; Management development; Surveys

Indexed keywords

EID: 20444466488     PISSN: 02621711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02621710510600991     Document Type: Article

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